The Summer Festivities of Early Music
The Summer Festivities of Early Music form the only festival showcase of music of historic artistic styles in Prague and Central Bohemia. The Festival is the gateway through which leading interpreters from abroad make their entry into Prague. Thanks to a thematic, innovative dramaturgy, modern premieres – not only for the Czech Republic, but world premieres too – represent a high percentage of festival projects. The Festival is unique in its reach into the field of baroque theatre and dance. A characteristic part of these productions are the period costumes, original choreography, and baroque gesture, rhetoric and makeup.
One of the priorities of the Festival is to link beautiful architecture with music of corresponding styles. The unique historic surroundings facilitate an unmistakeable atmosphere which has its origins in the performance of music on original instruments, and the unusual acoustic experiences linked with it. Concerts and performances – set for example in such venues as the Břevnov Monastery, Troja Chateau and lesser known Prague churches, as well as the fabulous outdoor settings of the Ledeburg and Vrtba Gardens – have met with great success.
Responses from both public and press have shown again and again that the Summer Festivities of Early Music have, since their founding in 2000, become an inseparable part of the Prague summer music scene. Its events are renowned internationally, and help to place Prague among the leading cultural metropolises of Europe.
